an automated system that only bumps one unit at a time.
That is...a bit of a jump in inductive reasoning. The systems have seemed to me to be very sluggish in updating, which makes me wonder if they're time-delayed. It's possible the sign subsequently changed to 25 minutes shortly after you passed it.
The ones around here, when they're not saying "USE YA BLINKAH!", are often hopelessly optimistic--I wonder if they're programmed to make people feel good about the traffic ahead, rather than provide accurate data. (And if you do notice the discrepancy, you get mad at the sign, not at your fellow drivers.) But this seems far to clever.
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Date: 2017-07-26 12:44 pm (UTC)That is...a bit of a jump in inductive reasoning. The systems have seemed to me to be very sluggish in updating, which makes me wonder if they're time-delayed. It's possible the sign subsequently changed to 25 minutes shortly after you passed it.
The ones around here, when they're not saying "USE YA BLINKAH!", are often hopelessly optimistic--I wonder if they're programmed to make people feel good about the traffic ahead, rather than provide accurate data. (And if you do notice the discrepancy, you get mad at the sign, not at your fellow drivers.) But this seems far to clever.